title: Two-stage repair of truncus arteriosus associated with interrupted aortic arch in critically ill patients.
abstract: This report describes 2 newborns with truncus arteriosus associated with an interrupted aortic arch who underwent a 2-stage repair due to poor preoperative condition. A repair of the interrupted aortic arch and ventricular-to-pulmonary artery conduit with a 6-mm Gore-Tex tube was performed as a first stage. Closure of a ventricular septal defect and placement of a right ventricular-to-pulmonary artery homograft conduit were performed electively at 8 months of age.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University and Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Steffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sernich
authors.forename: Timothy W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Pettitt
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caspi
keywords: congenital heart surgery; interrupted aortic arch; palliation; truncus arteriosus communis (common arterial trunk)